Distance from the record
This close sat 45.45% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 May 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $26.50 per troy ounce on 5 May 2021, down $0.037 (0.14%) from the previous close of $26.54.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.14% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 45.45% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.06, making this a +76.01% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $26.50 per troy ounce on 5 May 2021. That is $0.04 lower than the previous close of $26.54, a move of -0.14%.
The silver price fell on 5 May 2021, losing $0.04 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $26.54.
At $26.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.85 on 5 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.3 on 5 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 May 2021, silver was around $24.76 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.50 is a gain of 7.0% over the month.
A year before 5 May 2021, silver was around $15.06 per troy ounce. The close of $26.50 therefore represents a rise of 76.0% over twelve months.
It closed 45.45% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.